Here Comes Earl

You're lucky that the traffic can clear easily due to good road access. I recall the hours long traffic jams from south Florida. Just awful. Sitting on the freeway burning up your fuel, and to know that all the gas stations are sold out.

Living in Southwest Florida , we are used to hurricanes and storms.  My advice is to buy dark chocolate and red wine for your survival kit.  I had to evacuate Naples when Wilma hit us five years ago.  I now live in a high-rise that was right in it's path. We had damage......but my advice is to stay safe and don't worry about anything else.  Looks like Earl has weakened.  Will keep fingers crossed.  Safe journey.

Hopefully the area escapes without too much damage.  It sounds like a lot of people evacuated at least.